The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-01

ing her gifts coral popuio she wisely resolved
to obtain an unbiased opinion. This she GOT
straight from the eminent Professor Dumanois.
in Bucharest, to whom she went incognito, and
who. after trying her powers, informed her
bluntly that she had, perhaps, just sufficient
voice to qualify her for chorus girl In operetta,
to which, however, her face and figure were, I'M
fortunately, not adapted.
IT is not generally known that T, v. Powder
II, head Of the knights of Labor, recently came
very near joining the newspaper profession
just before the Richmond convention att1ntiou
was called TO the fact that 81 500 was vAET-
small salary for such organization IA the "a
OF L. to pay such man as Powderly Just At
that time syndicate of prominent Western pa
pers offered him the position of European cor
respondent at a salary of So, 900. The tempta-
tion to accept was of course great but after
reflection Powderly declined the offer He is now
receiving S., 600 from the Knights.
A CURIOUS discovery was made last Wedn es-
day i'll the grounds of Mount Stuart, Lord
Bute's splendid palace, near Rothssay. Some
workmen were making excava atoms for fence,
when they struck upon very large store slab,
which turned out to be the top OF an ancient
grave, in which were the remains Of . human
body, the skull and teeth of which were almost
perfect Around the corpse were q great num-
Der OF large jet beads, with pendants, which had
evidently formed necklet, and an urn Of clay
was at the feet Of the remains. Lord Butte who
d IOfWaEQoO
relics to DR.. Anderson, Of Edinburgh. The slab.
had been brought from the shore, and the grave
had evidently been lined with seapsbbles aud
sand
FARMER DAVIDSON. OF Newcastle, Pa, has on
his premises bell hanging at the top Of .
rwelve-foot post and rung by rope which hange
nearly to the ground. He also has dog which
used to sleep out of doors. The other night the
family was awakened by loud peal from the
bell Mr. Davidson looked out and saw no one
de went to bed again, and again the bell rang
Again ne opened the door and looked out Mo-
body was in sight. and the dog, which was at the
door, did not seem excited, except when his mas
ter would not let him in After being disturbed
by the bell several times Mr.. Davidson watched
from the window, and the mystery was ex-
planned. The dog would ring tho bell and then
run to the door to 60 N when it was opened. He
was permitted to sleep in the house that night
SOMEBODY who has been investigating tie sub.
lect says that the chief effect of On earthquake
on the ocean is the raising of great sea wave,
sometimes very large, as, for example, sixty feet
high at Lisbon in 1761; also eighty feet at Callao
in 1924, and 200 feet at Lopa:ka ia 1877. Theses
waves are often more destructive on land than
the actual shocks-the influx usually preceded
by an outflow, which, in fact, acts as a warning.
One OF the most remarkable effects is the dis
tance to which these waves are propagated az
| great waves" for example, right across the
Pacific. Thus most large earthquakes the
east or west coast Of the Pacific produce waves
which are recorded on the opposite coast about
twenty-four hours after. 1t is asserted that. az
to prediction Of earthquakes, nothing certain 10
yet known, bHt in many cases there arc notice
able changes in springs and wells preceding the
event. One useful warning however, is re-
marked as obviously possible namely. the re-
port OF an actual earthquake on one side Of the
| Pacific could be at once teegraphed to the other
side thus giving twenty four hours notice Of the
| probable advent of great sea wave.